News Releases

All of the latest news about our university. (by topic)

  • Multi-Hazard Engineering Symposium to be Held in New York City
    5/29/07
    A symposium on "Emerging Developments in Multi-Hazard Engineering" organized jointly by MCEER, headquartered at the University at Buffalo, and the Architectural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers(ASCE) will be held Sept. 18 at the McGraw-Hill Conference Center in New York City.
  • "Creative Thinking" Earns ALS Biomarker Competition Prize
    5/29/07
    A University at Buffalo physician has won one of five monetary awards in an international competition for the best ideas for discovering biomarkers for Lou Gehrig's disease.
  • Buffalo News Editorial Looks at SUNY's Lawsuit Against Town of Amherst
    5/25/07
    The State University of New York's lawsuit against the Town of Amherst is the subject of an editorial in The Buffalo News, and calls the move "a step toward improving" town-gown relations.
  • 'The Sopranos' Ranks among Best in TV History, Says Pop-Culture Expert
    5/23/07
    The final fate of America's favorite mob boss remains to be seen, but one thing is certain: When the last episode of "The Sopranos" airs June 10, the show will go down in American television history as one of the all-time greats, according to University at Buffalo pop-culture expert Elayne Rapping.
  • Moderate Drinking Lowers Women's Risk of Heart Attack
    5/23/07
    Women who regularly enjoy an alcoholic drink or two have a significantly lower risk of having a non-fatal heart attack than women who are life-time abstainers, epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo have shown.
  • Planning Collaboration Focus of WBFO Interview
    5/23/07
    The University at Buffalo's desire to collaborate with the Town of Amherst on planning efforts is discussed by Marsha S. Henderson, UB vice president for external affairs, in an interview on WBFO-88.7 FM.
  • Chronic Gum Disease Linked to Risk of Tongue Cancer
    5/22/07
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute have shown for the first time that an association exists between long-standing periodontitis, or gum disease, and risk of tongue cancer.
  • Simpson to Discuss UB's Plan for Growth with Amherst Residents
    5/22/07
    University at Buffalo President John B. Simpson will meet with Amherst residents to discuss UB's ambitious plans to grow by 40 percent and that growth's potential impact on the regional economy. The public forum, co-hosted by UB and the Amherst Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 7 p.m. May 29 in Marinaccio's Italian Ristorante, 5877 Main Street in Williamsville.
  • Management Professor Says McDonald's Commercial Is on Track
    5/22/07
    McDonald's new advertising campaign to promote high-level career opportunities within the company is a great way to fight the connotation of dead-end drudgery and low wages that comes with "McJobs," according to Jerry M. Newman, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the University at Buffalo School of Management.
  • Buffalo "City Girl" to Conduct Research in the Arctic
    5/22/07
    Monica Ridgeway, a University at Buffalo undergraduate entering her senior year, knows that when people think of a scientist, they usually think of a white male in a lab coat; but not too far in the future, she hopes they will envision someone more like herself, a young African-American woman with a head full of braids who is curious about correlations between frozen mud and global warming.